Used for both physical depth and the intensity or shade of a color. Often appears in compound expressions like 深浅測量 (depth sounding) or 色の深浅 (shade of color).
Measure the depth of the sea.
The shades of color in this paint are beautiful.
bathymetry; sounding
Compound of 深 (deep) and 浅 (shallow), literally 'deep and shallow', extended to mean depth or shade.